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Accreditations​​​ and Affiliations

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Grove City College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

The College's Department of Electrical and Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering are accredited by the
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, while the College's Exercise Science program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The Business program, which consists of the departments of Accounting, Business and Entrepreneurship, are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, a premier accrediting agency in business-related academics. Also, the Department of Chemistry is certified by the American Chemistry Society.

Grove City College maintains formal affiliations with: • Pennsylvania Department of Education • National Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities • American Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education • National Association of Colleges and Employers • Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and
Universities • Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities of Pennsylvania​

​When the College was chartered, a broad, Christian-based cultural consensus prevailed in America. By charter, the doors of the College were open to qualified students "without regard to religious test or belief."

Grove City College is committed to
academic excellence and is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on
Higher Education, the premier accrediting body for U.S. higher education
institutions. ​

​The Grove City College Alumni Council is a body of alumni who serve in an advisory capacity to the College on matters crucial to the College’s more than 25,000 living alumni. Each year, three Alumni Council members sit on the Board of Trustees.

​Grove City College provides a liberal arts education in the classic sense. Education’s first true purpose, and ours, is to provide a well rounded curriculum that helps students see the broad intellectual landscape of ideas, people and events that have shaped, and continue to shape, our world.